Irvine, CA – The Irvine Police Department has arrested two men for various weapon and drug related charges. The suspects are identified as Rigoberto Donan, 36, and Frank Perez, 45, both of Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA(IPD) – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) has arrested two suspects for a variety of fraud-related crimes after receiving information from employees of an Irvine restaurant. The suspects are identified as Tristan Le, 45, of Anaheim, and Eva Tran, 26, of Stanton. They were arrested on charges related to credit card theft, forgery, presenting false identification to officers, and drugs.

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on May 14, 2016, Le and Tran entered a restaurant in the Diamond Jamboree shopping center and attempted to use a fraudulent credit card to pay for hundreds of dollars in food, which had been ordered to-go over the phone. When conscientious employees refused to allow Le and Tran to complete the fraudulent transaction, the pair left the restaurant and got into a silver Lexus. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – A man in possession of narcotics and indicia related to prescription medication fraud was arrested by the Irvine Police Department following the observation of two alert officers. The suspect is identified as Steve Han Kim, 37, of Fullerton. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) has arrested three suspects for drug and mail-theft charges after receiving a tip of suspicious activity from an observant citizen. The suspects are identified as Biancha Martinez, 24, of Riverside, Dustin Robinson, 25, of Riverside, and Christopher Walker, 26, of Perris. Walker and Robinson are both on probation.

On the morning of April 17, 2016, the Irvine Police Department received a call from a citizen reporting a suspicious occupied vehicle parked in front of a fast food restaurant on Main Street. The caller reported possible drug activity occurring in the vehicle. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – The observation of an alert Irvine Police Department (IPD) officer led to the arrest this week of three suspects on various charges related to drug possession and a series of vehicle burglaries. The suspects are identified as Robin Ruffalo, 27, of Irvine, Alvin Xiong, 33, of Santa Ana, and Jefferson Yang, 34, of Santa Ana.

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on April 10, 2016, an IPD officer was patrolling a parking lot in the area of Von Karman Avenue and Barranca Parkway. Xiong was driving a vehicle in the lot with Yang and Ruffalo as passengers. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) has arrested married parolees for drug and counterfeit currency-related charges. The suspects are identified as Christopher Shopshire, age 26, and Stacie Shopshire, age 25, both of Irvine. They were arrested for a parole violation and on charges of possession of equipment to manufacture counterfeit bills, possession of counterfeit bills, possession of fraudulent checks, and various drug offenses.

The suspects in this case are on parole for crimes related to drugs, robbery, burglary, and fraud. A condition of their parole is that they are not to associate with one another, as they are known to commit crimes together. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – The Irvine Police Department has arrested a suspect for drug and theft-related crimes. Jonathan Chen, 24, of Irvine, was arrested for multiple violations including possession of controlled substances for sale, identity theft, possession of a stolen firearm and driving under the influence of drugs.

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2016, a patrolling Irvine Police officer observed a 2016 Dodge Challenger stopped in traffic and obstructing a turn-lane at Irvine Center Drive and Fontaine. The male driver was slumped over and passed out at the wheel. Officers contacted Chen and determined he was driving under the influence of drugs. Continue reading→

Irvine, CA – The Irvine Police Department has arrested two men after they were observed by an officer cutting a lock for a commercial storage container. Sean Anthony Alonso, 26, Irvine, and Justin Andrew Cuen, 30, Paramount, were arrested for commercial burglary and multiple drug offenses.

At approximately 5:45 a.m. on July 16, 2015, an Irvine Police officer was patrolling in the area of Jeffrey Road and the I-5 freeway when he observed two male suspects using bolt cutters to cut a storage container lock behind a supermarket. The storage container was full of recyclables. The officer requested additional police units and made contact with the two suspects. Continue reading→

DANA POINT, CA – (November 6, 2013) – On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at approximately 12 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) firefighters and Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a structure fire in the 26000 block of Vista Del Mar in the city of Dana Point. The initial information indicated that the fire was as a result of several large explosions coming from the garage of a residence. Approximately 60 firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire. Firefighters treated an adult male victim with serious burns to his face, chest, arms and legs and transported him to a local hospital. Continue reading→